Penguin India withdraws The Hindus

17 February 2014

On 11 February 2014, Penguin India decided to recall and destroy all remaining copies of Wendy Doniger’s book The Hindus: An Alternative History. The decision was part of an agreement between them and Shiksha Bachao Andolan, a Hindu campaign group that sued the publishers in 2011 arguing that the book was insulting to Hindus and […]

On 11 February 2014, Penguin India decided to recall and destroy all remaining copies of Wendy Doniger’s book The Hindus: An Alternative History. The decision was part of an agreement between them and Shiksha Bachao Andolan, a Hindu campaign group that sued the publishers in 2011 arguing that the book was insulting to Hindus and contained “heresies”.